Leviticus 13:3:10Lev.13.3.W10TAB

הַנֶּ֙גֶע֙

hanega

“the lesion”

Transliteration: ha-NE-ga
Extended: hah-NEH-gah
IPA: /hanˈneɡaʕ/

Meaning by language

English: the lesion

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Result

הַ + נֶּ֙ + גֶע֙

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ha + ne + ga

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hanega

Alphabet Analysis

	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Nun	n as in new
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Gimel	g as in good
	Seghol	short 'eh' as in met
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal

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Word in context

word
ha-NE-ga
phraseyour reading level
u-mar-EH ha-NE-ga
clause
ve-ra-AH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-NE-ga be-OR-ha-ba-SAR ve-se-AR ba-NE-ga ha-FAKH la-VAN u-mar-EH ha-NE-ga a-MOK me-OR be-sa-RO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HU
sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-koh-HEN et-ha-NE-ga be-OR-ha-ba-SAR ve-se-AR ba-NE-ga ha-FAKH la-VAN u-mar-EH ha-NE-ga a-MOK me-OR be-sa-RO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HU ve-ra-A-hu ha-koh-HEN ve-ti-ME o-TO

Exegesis

The phrase u-mar-’eh ha-nnega {וּמַרְאֵה הַנֶּגֶע | ū-mar-ʾē ha-nē-geʿ} ‘and the appearance of the sore’ is modified by amok me-or {עָמֹק מֵע֣וֹר | ʿā-mōq mē-ʼōr} ‘deeper than the skin’.

Root and etymology

נ־ג־ע

“affliction”

In context — Leviticus 13:3

And the priest shall examine the sore on the skin of the flesh. If the hair in the sore has turned white and the appearance of the sore is deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a sore of leprosy . When the priest looks at it, he shall pronounce him unclean.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 13:3:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Leviticus 13:3, so the Hebrew word הַנֶּ֙גֶע֙ (hanega) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Lev.13.3.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.3.W10.S1) and character.

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